Clarky

[quote name='Clarky' post='1260722' date='Jun 8 2011, 08:42 AM']I saw a demonstration of the ToneHammer 500 head at the London Bass Show in Olympia a few months back, played around with it and talked to Aguilar's CEO about it. Great tonal flexibility, from clean to full-on rock, weighs next to nothing, looks uber-cool (the classiest looking micro head in my view). On the strength of that I am happy to place an order ... and with BassGear!![/quote] ... and it arrived Chez Clarky this afternoon Had a quick blast with my Jazz bass and it sounds very nice, just as I remember it form the Bass Show at Olympia. Not pushed the Drive level up for mega-distortion as my Jazz has Roto Tru Bass black nylon strings on and its too mellow for that - however at lower Drive levels its nice and creamy sounding. Can get a great DB sound out of the Jazz too. Cool!

I just sold a nice Bacchus Jazz to Steve. Very smooth deal, very friendly and good communications. Basically, all good Hope you really enjoy the bass Steve!

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Where to start - its just WRONG! I especially like the line "Beautifully figured ash body" considering it is invisible under that thick yellow paint finish. Its a bitsa being palmed off as a Fender

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This is quite cool - plays it audibly over tab and guitar chords - sounds fairly close to me [url="http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/thin-lizzy-the-boys-are-back-in-town-bass-tab-s19634t3"]http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/thin-lizzy-...ss-tab-s19634t3[/url] Edit: and it can play at half speed which is useful when learning it

Just think dummmmmm- didda-dee-dum-da-dum-da-dummm, dummmmmm and repeat and you won't go far wrong

[quote name='bassace' post='1284379' date='Jun 27 2011, 05:31 PM']Not sure as I haven't any experience of a Mackie - Clarky uses one.[/quote] My Mackie is not powered - it is though great on a stand behind me at head height for use at serious volume

Hi there. Have a read of this thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131128&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131128&hl=[/url] I understand that quite a few players like the QSC K10 powered speaker. Bassace on this forum uses that setup when he is using a microphone, I believe

Thank you all. I will be picking up some surgical spirit from Boots on the way home tonight (not to drink, but to dab on finger tips, in case of doubt)

OK, need to make a decision as its getting near bedtime! 3:1 in favour of leaving blisters alone (and Jake sounded very scientific) so the blisters stay I may reconsider if they are still here in 3 or 4 days time though ....

Given conflicting views (thanks GH and Beedster), its a Harry Hill-style FIGHT to resolve this (well, a poll anyway)

Just did a 4-hour rehearsal with my newly acquired Ampeg Baby Bass. Maybe its just that I am not used to steel strings (I have tended to use Silver Slap gut-alikes) or more likely its just that 4 hours is a damn long time on a DB! Either way, I have blisters on the (sore) tips of each of my plucking fingers. I have another 4 hour session next weekend. So, do I burst the blisters or not? What do you experienced DB'ers do? Edit: given conflicting answers, poll added - and don't we all love a good poll (no mention of Coldplay either)?

Nice bass, Nick and great story

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1281971' date='Jun 25 2011, 11:20 AM']That sounds promising, I wonder how an Audere would team up with the Nordy's.[/quote] Sounded great with stock US J pickups, so no obvious reason why it shouldn't sound even better with higher quality J pickups? Audere preamps generally go for about £100 or so s/h on BC so it's not the most expensive experiment

OK, well I'm afraid I'm out of ideas here - I did once set up a thread about getting a Jazz bass to be flexible enough to sound like a P if needed and the consensus was (a) I should use a P bass if I want a P sound ( ) and (b ) while beefier J pickups (Quarter Pounders etc) and active circuitry might take you [i]closer[/i] to a P sound, its not possible to sound very close to a P due to pickup placement etc. Sorry! FWIW, I found the Audere preamp got close to a P sound (installed in a MIA Jazz) with the special knob (z switch?) engaged .... but probably not close enough for you if you think the AC preamp isn't close enough Edit: here it is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121004&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121004&hl=[/url]

There's a rather lovely daphne blue NYC Sadowsky P/J on the FS forum that is neatly routed on the neck pickup for a J or a P pickup and has a pickguard for either eventually. How about that as a simple solution? Does of course require that the bass has (or could take stylistically) a pickguard Edit: this one [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=142539&hl=sadowsky+daphne"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...sadowsky+daphne[/url]

How close do you think your Alleva LG4 gets to a P bass sound on the neck pickup? If close enough, then maybe an AC preamp and J pickups of your choice (which could then be Wizards, lol, Nordstrands, Lollars etc)?